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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6033 

To establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of 

the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of 

LGBTI Peoples, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 7, 2018 

Mr. LOWENTHAL (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRADY of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CRIST, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. 

DEGETTE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Mr. 

GALLEGO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK, 

Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. HIMES, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 

Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILMER, Ms. 

LEE, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. 

MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NADLER, 

Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 

RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 

SCHIFF, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHERMAN, 

Ms. SINEMA, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 

SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, 

and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, 

and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy 

for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples, and for other 

purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Human 

5 Rights Defense Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means— 

11 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

12 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

13 Senate; and 

14 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

15 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

16 of Representatives. 

17 (2) GENDER IDENTITY.—The term ‘‘gender 

18 identity’’ means the gender-related identity, appear19 ance, or mannerisms or other gender-related charac20 teristics of an individual, regardless of the individ21 ual’s designated sex at birth. 

22 (3) LGBTI.—The term ‘‘LGBTI’’ means les23 bian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex. 


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1 (4) SEXUAL ORIENTATION.—The term ‘‘sexual 

2 orientation’’ means actual or perceived homosex3 uality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality. 

4 (5) INTERSEX.—The term ‘‘intersex’’ means in5 dividuals born with sex characteristics (including 

6 genitals, gonads, or chromosome patterns) that vary 

7 from typical binary notions of male or female bodies 

8 and is an umbrella term used to describe a wide 

9 range of natural bodily variations. 

10 (6) SEX CHARACTERISTICS.—The term ‘‘sex 

11 characteristics’’ means the chromosomal, gonadal, or 

12 anatomical features of a person, including— 

13 (A) primary characteristics, such as repro14 ductive organs and genitalia, chromosomal 

15 structures, or hormones; and 

16 (B) secondary characteristics, such as 

17 muscle mass, hair distribution, breasts, or 

18 structure. 

19 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

20 Congress makes the following findings: 

21 (1) Around the world, LGBTI people face vio22 lence, discrimination, hatred, and bigotry. 

23 (2) Seventy-five countries criminalize same-sex 

24 relations or prohibit the public support of the 


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1 LGBTI community. That is equal to nearly 40 per2 cent of United Nations member states. 

3 (3) In several countries, homosexuality is a 

4 crime that is punishable by death. 

5 (4) Intersex people experience prejudice and 

6 discrimination because their bodies do not conform 

7 to other people’s expectations about sex and gender, 

8 including the common performance of medically un9 necessary surgeries without the consent or approval 

10 of intersex individuals. 

11 (5) Violence and discrimination based on sexual 

12 orientation and gender identity are documented in 

13 the Department of State’s annual Human Rights 

14 Report to Congress. The 2016 report continues to 

15 show a clear pattern of human rights violations in 

16 every region of the world based on sexual orientation 

17 and gender identity. These violations include mur18 der, rape, torture, death threats, extortion, and im19 prisonment, as well as loss of employment, housing, 

20 access to health care, and other forms of societal 

21 stigma and discrimination. The report further docu22 ments LGBTI-specific restrictions on basic freedoms 

23 of assembly, press, and speech in every region of the 

24 world. 


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1 (6) In Jamaica and other countries, discrimina2 tion against LGBTI people, including ‘‘corrective 

3 rape’’ of lesbian women, occurs all too frequently 

4 and with relative impunity. 

5 (7) In 2013, the Russian Duma passed a law 

6 banning so-called ‘‘homosexual propaganda’’, which 

7 effectively makes it a crime to publicly support 

8 LGBTI equality or even discuss homosexuality. This 

9 pernicious law is the basis for similar so-called 

10 ‘‘antipropaganda’’ legislation in countries across 

11 Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including in 

12 Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus. 

13 (8) In December 2013, the Government of Ni14 geria adopted a law that further criminalized same15 sex relations and support for LGBTI people, endan16 gering neighbors, friends, doctors, and landlords of 

17 LGBTI people. 

18 (9) Several countries in South Asia continue to 

19 have draconian laws that criminalize homosexual 

20 acts which place LGBTI people in danger and un21 dermines their ability to live free from persecution. 

22 (10) In April 2014, the Supreme Court of India 

23 recognized transgender people as a third gender, im24 proving the legal rights of transgender people in that 

25 country. Though an important step, the decision 


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1 does not grant full legal rights to transgender peo2 ple. 

3 (11) In February 2014, the Government of 

4 Uganda adopted a law making ‘‘aggravated homo5 sexuality’’ a crime punishable with life imprisonment 

6 and concurrently, the Government of Uganda also 

7 passed laws severely limiting the basic freedoms of 

8 speech and assembly for LGBTI citizens. While the 

9 Constitutional Court overturned the Anti-Homosex10 uality Act on a technicality in August 2014, LGBTI 

11 Ugandans continue to be subjected to discrimination 

12 and violence, and their government has in recent 

13 years forcibly shut down even private Pride celebra14 tions in Kampala. 

15 (12) On April 1, 2017, the Russian newspaper 

16 Novaya Gazeta reported that the government of the 

17 autonomous republic of Chechnya had been arrest18 ing, detaining, and torturing gay and bisexual men 

19 in secret prisons since early 2017. International 

20 human rights groups and Russian LGBTI rights ac21 tivists estimate that as many as 20 people may have 

22 been murdered thus far and potentially over 200 

23 people were detained during the purge. 

24 (13) On May 23, 2017, two gay men were pub25 licly caned in the Indonesian province of Aceh, while 


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1 thousands of spectators snapped pictures outside a 

2 mosque as the brutal punishment was meted out. 

3 Several times in 2017, Indonesian police have ar4 rested men at private parties, sometimes releasing 

5 their photographs to the news media, endangering 

6 their lives. 

7 (14) In September 2017, reports emerged from 

8 Azerbaijan that authorities had begun a crackdown 

9 on gay men and transgender women, arresting more 

10 than 60 and subjecting them to beatings, harass11 ment, torture, and blackmail. 

12 (15) In September 2017, Egyptian authorities 

13 arrested seven people for the ‘‘crime’’ of raising a 

14 rainbow flag at a concert in Cairo in September 

15 2017, leading to a wider crackdown on LGBTI 

16 Egyptians. 

17 (16) From September 2017 until the end of the 

18 year, over 70 LGBTI Egyptians were arrested, with 

19 dozens receiving prison sentences of up to 6 years. 

20 In late 2017, Egyptian authorities instructed local 

21 media to delete any positive references to LGBTI 

22 people, and lawmakers proposed a bill that would 

23 criminalize LGBTI people and their allies. 

24 (17) Anti-LGBTI laws not only endanger all 

25 LGBTI individuals, but also pose serious risks for 


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1 those associated with or caring for LGBTI people. 

2 Studies have shown that when LGBTI people, espe3 cially LGBTI youth, face discrimination, they are 

4 less likely to seek HIV testing, prevention, and 

5 treatment services. 

6 (18) According to the Trans Murder Monitoring 

7 Project, which monitors homicides of transgender in8 dividuals, 2,343 transgender and gender-diverse peo9 ple were murdered between 2008 and 2016, in 69 

10 countries. Violence against transgender individuals is 

11 particularly alarming in Brazil, where 938 

12 transgender individuals were murdered during this 

13 time span. 

14 (19) According to the International Guidelines 

15 on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, as published by 

16 the United Nations High Commissioner for Human 

17 Rights, and according to the July 2017 report of the 

18 Independent Expert on protection against violence 

19 and discrimination based on sexual orientation and 

20 gender identity, countries should review and reform 

21 criminal laws and correctional systems to ensure 

22 that they are consistent with international human 

23 rights obligations and are not misused or targeted 

24 against vulnerable groups. 


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1 (20) Removing institutionalized discrimination 

2 and targeted persecution against LGBTI people 

3 around the world is a critical step in the promotion 

4 of human rights and global health internationally. 

5 (21) Anti-LGBTI laws and discrimination pose 

6 significant risks for LGBTI youth who come out to 

7 their family or community and often face rejection, 

8 homelessness, and limited educational and economic 

9 opportunities. These factors contribute to increased 

10 risks of substance abuse, suicide, and HIV infection 

11 among LGBTI youth. 

12 (22) On December 6, 2011, President Barack 

13 Obama released the Presidential Memorandum— 

14 International Initiatives to Advance the Human 

15 Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender 

16 Persons. The memorandum directed all Federal 

17 agencies engaged abroad to ensure that United 

18 States diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and 

19 protect the human rights of LGBTI persons. 

20 (23) On February 23, 2015, Secretary of State 

21 John Kerry appointed senior diplomat Randy Berry 

22 as the State Department’s first-ever Special Envoy 

23 for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons. 

24 (24) On June 30, 2016, the United Nations 

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1 sored by the United States that established an inde2 pendent expert on violence and discrimination based 

3 on sexual orientation and gender identity to help 

4 monitor and track discrimination and violence expe5 rienced by LGBTI persons around the world. 

6 (25) In November 2016, Tanzania placed a ban 

7 on all HIV and AIDS outreach projects aimed at 

8 gay men, including those funded by the President’s 

9 Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. This forced the 

10 closure of United States-funded programs providing 

11 testing, condoms, and care to gay men, exacerbating 

12 the health needs of gay men in Tanzania, about 30 

13 percent of whom are HIV positive. 

14 (26) In February 2017, three transgender 

15 women were murdered in El Salvador with impunity, 

16 leading the United Nations to call for an investiga17 tion into crimes against sexual and gender minorities 

18 in that country. A 2016 report noted that 

19 transgender women in El Salvador have an average 

20 life expectancy of less than 35 years due to violence, 

21 discrimination, and femicide. 

22 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

23 It is the policy of the United States— 

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1 ple on any basis internationally, including sexual ori2 entation, gender identity, and sex characteristics, 

3 and that human rights policy includes attention to 

4 criminalization, hate crimes, and other discrimina5 tion against LGBTI people; 

6 (2) to systematically integrate and coordinate 

7 into United States foreign policy efforts to prevent 

8 and respond to criminalization, discrimination, and 

9 violence against LGBTI people internationally; 

10 (3) to support and build local capacity in coun11 tries around the world, including of governments at 

12 all levels and nongovernmental organizations, to pre13 vent and respond to criminalization, discrimination, 

14 and violence against LGBTI people internationally; 

15 (4) to consult, cooperate, coordinate, and col16 laborate with a wide variety of nongovernmental 

17 partners, including faith-based organizations and 

18 LGBTI-led organizations, with demonstrated experi19 ence in preventing and responding to criminalization, 

20 discrimination, and violence against LGBTI people 

21 internationally; 

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1 nationally, including activities in the economic, edu2 cation, health, nutrition, legal, and judicial sectors; 

3 (6) to work at all levels, from the individual to 

4 the family, community, local, national, and inter5 national levels, to prevent and respond to criminal6 ization, discrimination, and violence against LGBTI 

7 people internationally; 

8 (7) to enhance training by United States per9 sonnel of professional foreign military and police 

10 forces and judicial officials to include appropriate 

11 and thorough LGBTI-specific instruction on pre12 venting and responding to criminalization, discrimi13 nation, and violence based on sexual orientation and 

14 gender identity; 

15 (8) to engage non-LGBTI people as allies and 

16 partners, as an essential element of making sus17 tained reductions in criminalization, discrimination, 

18 and violence against LGBTI people internationally; 

19 (9) to require that all Federal contractors and 

20 grant recipients in the United States Government’s 

21 international programs establish appropriate policies 

22 and take effective measures to ensure the protection 

23 and safety of their staff and workplace, including 

24 from discrimination and violence directed against 


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1 LGBTI people and those who provide services to 

2 them; 

3 (10) to exert sustained international leadership, 

4 including in bilateral and multilateral fora, to pre5 vent and respond to criminalization, discrimination, 

6 and violence against LGBTI people internationally; 

7 (11) to fully implement and expand upon the 

8 policies outlined in the Presidential Memorandum— 

9 International Initiatives to Advance the Human 

10 Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender 

11 Persons; 

12 (12) to ensure that international efforts to com13 bat HIV/AIDS take all appropriate measures to sup14 port at-risk communities, including LGBTI people, 

15 and to create enabling legal environments for these 

16 communities; 

17 (13) to work with governments and nongovern18 mental partners around the world to develop and im19 plement regional strategies to decriminalize homo20 sexuality and to counteract the prohibition of public 

21 support of LGBTI people; and 

22 (14) to ensure that those who have a well23 founded fear of persecution on account of being 

24 LGBTI or supporting LGBTI rights have the oppor25 tunity to seek protection in the United States. 


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1 SEC. 5. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTI 

2 PEOPLE. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State shall 

4 establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, 

5 and Labor (DRL) of the Department of State a perma6 nent Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peo7 ples (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Special Envoy’’), 

8 who shall be appointed by the President. The Special 

9 Envoy shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary for 

10 DRL. 

11 (b) PURPOSE.—In addition to the duties described in 

12 subsection (c) and those duties determined by the Sec13 retary of State, the Special Envoy shall direct efforts of 

14 the United States Government relating to United States 

15 foreign policy, as directed by the Secretary, regarding 

16 human rights abuses against LGBTI people and commu17 nities internationally and the advancement of human 

18 rights for LGBTI people, and shall represent the United 

19 States internationally in bilateral and multilateral engage20 ment on such matters. 

21 (c) DUTIES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Special Envoy— 

23 (A) shall serve as the principal advisor to 

24 the Secretary of State regarding human rights 

25 for LGBTI people internationally; 


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1 (B) shall, notwithstanding any other provi2 sion of law, direct activities, policies, programs, 

3 and funding relating to the human rights of 

4 LGBTI people and the advancement of LGBTI 

5 equality initiatives internationally, for all bu6 reaus and offices of the Department of State 

7 and shall lead the coordination of relevant 

8 international programs for all other Federal 

9 agencies relating to such matters; 

10 (C) shall represent the United States in 

11 diplomatic matters relevant to the human rights 

12 of LGBTI people, including criminalization, dis13 crimination, and violence against LGBTI people 

14 internationally; 

15 (D) shall direct, as appropriate, United 

16 States Government resources to respond to 

17 needs for protection, integration, resettlement, 

18 and empowerment of LGBTI people in United 

19 States Government policies and international 

20 programs, including to prevent and respond to 

21 criminalization, discrimination, and violence 

22 against LGBTI people internationally; 

23 (E) shall design, support, and implement 

24 activities regarding support, education, resettle25 ment, and empowerment of LGBTI people 


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1 internationally, including for the prevention and 

2 response to criminalization, discrimination, and 

3 violence against LGBTI people internationally; 

4 (F) shall lead interagency coordination be5 tween the foreign policy priorities related to the 

6 human rights of LGBTI people and the devel7 opment assistance priorities of the LGBTI Co8 ordinator of the United States Agency for 

9 International Development; 

10 (G) shall conduct regular consultation with 

11 nongovernmental organizations working to pre12 vent and respond to criminalization, discrimina13 tion, and violence against LGBTI people inter14 nationally; 

15 (H) shall ensure that programs, projects, 

16 and activities of the Department of State and 

17 the United States Agency for International De18 velopment designed to prevent and respond to 

19 criminalization, discrimination, and violence 

20 against LGBTI people internationally are sub21 ject to rigorous monitoring and evaluation, and 

22 that there is a uniform set of indicators and 

23 standards for such monitoring and evaluation 

24 that is used across international programs in 

25 Federal agencies; and 


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1 (I) is authorized to represent the United 

2 States in bilateral and multilateral fora on mat3 ters relevant to the human rights of LGBTI 

4 people internationally, including criminalization, 

5 discrimination, and violence against LGBTI 

6 people internationally. 

7 (2) DATA REPOSITORY.—The Bureau of De8 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall— 

9 (A) be the central repository of data on all 

10 United States programs, projects, and activities 

11 that relate to prevention and response to crim12 inalization, discrimination, and violence against 

13 LGBTI people internationally; and 

14 (B) produce— 

15 (i) a full accounting of United States 

16 Government spending on such programs, 

17 projects, and activities; and 

18 (ii) evaluations of the effectiveness of 

19 such programs, projects, and activities. 

20 (d) BRIEFINGS AND ASSESSMENTS.—Not later than 

21 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 

22 annually thereafter, the Special Envoy shall— 

23 (1) brief the appropriate congressional commit24 tees on the status of the human rights of LGBTI 

25 people internationally, as well as on the status of 


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1 programs and response strategies to address crim2 inalization, discrimination, and violence against 

3 LGBTI people internationally; and 

4 (2) submit to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees an assessment of human and financial 

6 resources necessary to fulfill the purposes and duties 

7 of this Act. 

8 (e) UNITED STATES POLICY TO PREVENT AND RE9 SPOND TO CRIMINALIZATION, DISCRIMINATION, AND VIO10 LENCE AGAINST LGBTI PEOPLE GLOBALLY.— 

11 (1) GLOBAL STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not 

12 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act and annually thereafter for each of the 

14 following five years, the Special Envoy shall develop 

15 or update, as the case may be, a United States glob16 al strategy to prevent and respond to criminaliza17 tion, discrimination, and violence against LGBTI 

18 people internationally. The Special Envoy shall sub19 mit to the appropriate congressional committees 

20 such global strategy and, if practicable, made such 

21 global strategy available to the public. 

22 (2) COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION.—In 

23 developing the global strategy described in para24 graph (1), the Special Envoy shall consult with— 


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1 (A) mid- and high-level officials of relevant 

2 Federal agencies; and 

3 (B) representatives of nongovernmental or4 ganizations with demonstrated experience in ad5 dressing criminalization, discrimination, and vi6 olence against LGBTI people internationally or 

7 promoting equal rights for LGBTI people inter8 nationally. 

9 (f) MONITORING THE UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO

10 PREVENT AND RESPOND TO CRIMINALIZATION, DISCRIMI11 NATION, AND VIOLENCE AGAINST THE LGBTI PEOPLE

12 AND COMMUNITIES INTERNATIONALLY.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—In each global strategy sub14 mitted under subsection (e), the Special Envoy shall 

15 include an analysis of best practices for preventing 

16 and addressing criminalization, discrimination, and 

17 violence against LGBTI people and communities 

18 internationally, including— 

19 (A) a description of successful efforts by 

20 foreign governments and nongovernmental or21 ganizations to prevent and respond to criminal22 ization, discrimination, and violence against 

23 LGBTI people and communities internationally; 

24 (B) recommendations related to best prac25 tices, effective strategies, and improvements to 


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1 enhance the impact of such prevention and re2 sponse efforts; and 

3 (C) the impact of activities funded by such 

4 global strategy in preventing and reducing 

5 criminalization, discrimination, and violence 

6 against LGBTI people and communities inter7 nationally. 

8 (2) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED

9 IN ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

10 PRACTICES.— 

11 (A) SECTION 116.—Subsection (d) of sec12 tion 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

13 (22 U.S.C. 2151n) is amended— 

14 (i) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 

16 (ii) in paragraph (12)(C)(ii), by strik17 ing the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

18 and’’; and 

19 (iii) by adding at the end the fol20 lowing new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(13) wherever applicable, the nature and ex22 tent of criminalization, discrimination, and violence 

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1 inalize or discriminate based on sexual orientation or 

2 gender identity (as such terms are defined in section 

3 2 of the International Human Rights Defense Act of 

4 2018), including detailed descriptions of such laws 

5 and provisions.’’. 

6 (B) SECTION 502B.—Section 502B of the 

7 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

8 2304) is amended— 

9 (i) by redesignating the second sub10 section (i) (relating to child marriage sta11 tus) as subsection (j); and 

12 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

13 new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(k) SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDEN15 TITY.—The report required under subsection (b) shall in16 clude, wherever applicable, the nature and extent of crim17 inalization, discrimination, and violence based on sexual 

18 orientation and gender identity, including an identification 

19 of those countries that have adopted laws or constitutional 

20 provisions that criminalize or discriminate based on sexual 

21 orientation or gender identity (as such terms are defined 

22 in section 2 of the International Human Rights Defense 

23 Act of 2018), including detailed descriptions of such laws 

24 and provisions.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED STATES STRAT2 EGY TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO CRIM3 INALIZATION, DISCRIMINATION, AND VIO4 LENCE AGAINST LGBTI PEOPLE AND COMMU5 NITIES INTERNATIONALLY. 

6 The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 

7 United States Agency for International Development are 

8 authorized to provide assistance to prevent and respond 

9 to criminalization, discrimination, and violence against 

10 LGBTI people internationally. Such assistance may in11 clude the following activities: 

12 (1) Development and implementation of pro13 grams, such as the Global Equality Fund of the De14 partment of State, that respond to human rights 

15 abuses and economic exclusion of LGBTI people in 

16 the workplace and in public. 

17 (2) Development and enforcement of civil and 

18 criminal legal and judicial sanctions, protection, 

19 training, and capacity. 

20 (3) Enhancement of health sector capacity to 

21 detect, prevent, and respond to violence against 

22 LGBTI people and communities internationally, and 

23 to combat HIV/AIDS in the LGBTI community 

24 internationally, in close coordination with the Office 

25 of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplo26 macy of the Department of State. 


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1 (4) Development of a leadership program for 

2 international LGBTI activists that will foster col3 laboration and knowledge sharing across the world. 

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